.......RELEVANT LAWS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.......
P.D. 603- Child and Youth Welfare Code
P.D. 771- Truancy Law
P.D. 1563- Anti Mendicancy Law
P.D. 1565- National Program For Social Services And Development For Children and Youth
P.D. 1606- Declaring 1977-1987 Decade of the Filipino Child
R.A.6655- Free Public Elementary Secondary Act of 1988
R.A. 6728- Government Assistance to students and Teachers in Private Education Act
R.A. 6809- An Act Lowering the Age of Majority From Twenty-one to Eighteen Years
R.A.6972- Barangay Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act (Day care in Every Barangay)
R.A. 7600- The Roaming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
R.A.7610- Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
R.A.7624- An Act Integrating Drug Prevention and Control in the Intermediate and Secondary Curricula as well as in the Non-formal and Indigenous learning Systems
R.A. 7658- AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN BELOW 15 YEARS OF AGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNDERTAKINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 12, ARTICLE VIII OF R.A. 7610
R.A. 7797- The act to lengthen the school calendar not more than 220 days
R.A. 7798- AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 25 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "EDUCATION ACT OF 1982"
R.A. 7846- AN ACT REQUIRING COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN BELOW EIGHT (8) YEARS OLD
R.A. 8043- An act establishing the rules to govern inter-country adoption of Filipino children, and for other purposes
R.A. 8044- An act creating the National Youth Commission, establishing a National Comprehensive and Coordinated Program on Youth Development,
Appropriating Funds Therefore, and for Other Purposes.
R.A. 8296- AN ACT DECLARING EVERY SECOND SUNDAY OF DECEMBER AS THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BROADCASTING DAY
R.A. 8353- AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
R.A. 8373- "Children's Television Act of 1997".
R.A. 8505- AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
R.A. 8552- AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND POLICIES ON THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
R.A. 8980- AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT (ECCD), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 51- ADOPTING A NATIONAL CODE OF MARKETING OF BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES, BREASTMILK SUPPLEMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 56- AUTHORIZING THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PROTECTIVE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROSTITUTES AND SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 340 - DIRECTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO PROVIDE DAY CARE SERVICES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES' CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE
P.D. 603- Child and Youth Welfare Code
P.D. 771- Truancy Law
P.D. 1563- Anti Mendicancy Law
P.D. 1565- National Program For Social Services And Development For Children and Youth
P.D. 1606- Declaring 1977-1987 Decade of the Filipino Child
R.A.6655- Free Public Elementary Secondary Act of 1988
R.A. 6728- Government Assistance to students and Teachers in Private Education Act
R.A. 6809- An Act Lowering the Age of Majority From Twenty-one to Eighteen Years
R.A.6972- Barangay Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act (Day care in Every Barangay)
R.A. 7600- The Roaming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
R.A.7610- Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
R.A.7624- An Act Integrating Drug Prevention and Control in the Intermediate and Secondary Curricula as well as in the Non-formal and Indigenous learning Systems
R.A. 7658- AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN BELOW 15 YEARS OF AGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNDERTAKINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 12, ARTICLE VIII OF R.A. 7610
R.A. 7797- The act to lengthen the school calendar not more than 220 days
R.A. 7798- AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 25 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "EDUCATION ACT OF 1982"
R.A. 7846- AN ACT REQUIRING COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN BELOW EIGHT (8) YEARS OLD
R.A. 8043- An act establishing the rules to govern inter-country adoption of Filipino children, and for other purposes
R.A. 8044- An act creating the National Youth Commission, establishing a National Comprehensive and Coordinated Program on Youth Development,
Appropriating Funds Therefore, and for Other Purposes.
R.A. 8296- AN ACT DECLARING EVERY SECOND SUNDAY OF DECEMBER AS THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BROADCASTING DAY
R.A. 8353- AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
R.A. 8373- "Children's Television Act of 1997".
R.A. 8505- AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
R.A. 8552- AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND POLICIES ON THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
R.A. 8980- AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT (ECCD), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 51- ADOPTING A NATIONAL CODE OF MARKETING OF BREAST MILK SUBSTITUTES, BREASTMILK SUPPLEMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 56- AUTHORIZING THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PROTECTIVE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROSTITUTES AND SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 340 - DIRECTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO PROVIDE DAY CARE SERVICES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES' CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE
....RELEVANT LAWS ON WOMEN....
R.A. Republic Act No. 7160 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 ( State shall enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy to enable them to attain their fullest development as self-reliant communities and make them more effective partners in the attainment of national goals. Toward this end, the State shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization whereby local government units shall be given more powers, authority, responsibilities, and resources. The process of decentralization shall proceed from the national government to the local government units.)
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659- AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL LAWS, AS AMENDED, OTHER SPECIAL PENAL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877 - AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT, EDUACATION OR TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT No. 7941 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 -Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 .An act to institute the policies of overseas employment and establish a higher standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress, and for other purposes.
Republic Act No. 8171- An Act Providing For The Repatriation Of Filipinos Who Have Lost Their Philippine Citizenship By Marriage to Aliens And Of Natural-Born Filipinos
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8187- AN ACT GRANTING PATERNITY LEAVE OF SEVEN (7) DAYS WITH FULL PAY TO ALL MARRIED MALE EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS FOR THE FIRST FOUR (4) DELIVERIES OF THE LEGITIMATE SPOUSE WITH WHOM HE IS COHABITING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353- AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 8505 - AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 633- CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF FILIPINO WOMEN
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6525 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CERAMIC PROCESSING PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARCOS, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFORE
Republic Act No. 6955- AN ACT TO DECLARE UNLAWFUL THE PRACTICE OF MATCHING FILIPINO WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS ON A MAIL ORDER BASIS AND OTHER SIMILAR PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE ADVERTISEMENT, PUBLICATION, PRINTING OR DISTRIBUTION OF BROCHURES, FLIERS AND OTHER PROPAGANDA MATERIALS IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTY THEREFORE
Republic Act No. 7192 -"Women in Development and Nation Building Act" AN ACT PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN AS FULL AND EQUAL PARTNERS OF MEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND NATION BUILDING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 9208 - AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER
Republic Act No. 9262- AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
R.A. Republic Act No. 7160 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 ( State shall enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy to enable them to attain their fullest development as self-reliant communities and make them more effective partners in the attainment of national goals. Toward this end, the State shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization whereby local government units shall be given more powers, authority, responsibilities, and resources. The process of decentralization shall proceed from the national government to the local government units.)
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659- AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL LAWS, AS AMENDED, OTHER SPECIAL PENAL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877 - AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT, EDUACATION OR TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT No. 7941 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 -Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 .An act to institute the policies of overseas employment and establish a higher standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress, and for other purposes.
Republic Act No. 8171- An Act Providing For The Repatriation Of Filipinos Who Have Lost Their Philippine Citizenship By Marriage to Aliens And Of Natural-Born Filipinos
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8187- AN ACT GRANTING PATERNITY LEAVE OF SEVEN (7) DAYS WITH FULL PAY TO ALL MARRIED MALE EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS FOR THE FIRST FOUR (4) DELIVERIES OF THE LEGITIMATE SPOUSE WITH WHOM HE IS COHABITING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353- AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 8505 - AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 633- CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF FILIPINO WOMEN
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6525 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CERAMIC PROCESSING PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARCOS, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFORE
Republic Act No. 6955- AN ACT TO DECLARE UNLAWFUL THE PRACTICE OF MATCHING FILIPINO WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS ON A MAIL ORDER BASIS AND OTHER SIMILAR PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE ADVERTISEMENT, PUBLICATION, PRINTING OR DISTRIBUTION OF BROCHURES, FLIERS AND OTHER PROPAGANDA MATERIALS IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTY THEREFORE
Republic Act No. 7192 -"Women in Development and Nation Building Act" AN ACT PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN AS FULL AND EQUAL PARTNERS OF MEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND NATION BUILDING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 9208 - AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER
Republic Act No. 9262- AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
....RELEVANT LAWS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY....
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209- THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 227- AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 -Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
RA 8172- An Act promotig salt iodization nationwide
R.A. 8369- AN ACT ESTABLISHING FAMILY COURTS, GRANTING THEM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OVER CHILD AND FAMILY CASES, AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129,AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACT OF 1980, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371- AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 8425 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE SOCIAL REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAM, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 443 - PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AS THE NATIONAL DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR THE MINIMUM BASIC NEEDS (MBN) APPROACH
Republic Act No. 8553 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 41(B) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Republic Act No. 8545 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6728, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT PROVIDING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR," ESTABLISHING A FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSIDIZING SALARIES OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8749- AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SOLO PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 (ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000)- AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTEMANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES, DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
RA 9255 - amended Article 176 of the Family Code, giving illegitimate children the right to use the surname of their biological father
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209- THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 227- AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 -Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
RA 8172- An Act promotig salt iodization nationwide
R.A. 8369- AN ACT ESTABLISHING FAMILY COURTS, GRANTING THEM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OVER CHILD AND FAMILY CASES, AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129,AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACT OF 1980, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371- AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Republic Act No. 8425 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE SOCIAL REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAM, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 443 - PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AS THE NATIONAL DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR THE MINIMUM BASIC NEEDS (MBN) APPROACH
Republic Act No. 8553 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 41(B) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Republic Act No. 8545 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6728, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT PROVIDING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR," ESTABLISHING A FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSIDIZING SALARIES OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8749- AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SOLO PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 (ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000)- AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTEMANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES, DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
RA 9255 - amended Article 176 of the Family Code, giving illegitimate children the right to use the surname of their biological father
RELEVANT LAWS ON OLDER PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH
.......RELEVANT LAWS ON OLDER PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.....
RA 7277 – Magna Carta for Disabled Persons- An act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of society and for other purposes
BP 344 Accessibility Law “An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Building, Institution, Establishments, and Other Public Utilities to Install Facilities and Other Devices.”
EO 240 – Declaring the Period from Year 2003 to 2012 as the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities- Non-government organizations and self-help groups among persons with disabilities, as well as other organizations are hereby enjoined to take full cognizance of the National Plan of Action for the Decade of PWDs and to fully cooperate in the attainment of its goals and activities by gearing their policies and aligning their programs to said National Plan
EO 417 – Directing the Implementation of the Economic Independence for PWDs (Series of 2005) All national government agencies including government owned and controlled corporations are enjoined to support and cooperate in the implementation of the Economic Independence Program for PWD's
EO 417 – Economic Independence Program - Markets for products and services of cooperatives of PWDS and other Organization of PWDs engaged in livelihood. Joint DBM-DSWD Circular No. 2003-01- Implementing guidelines for Section 29 of the General Appropriations Act for FY 2003 Entitled “ Setting Aside 1% of Government Agency Budget for Programs/ Projects Related to Senior Citizens and the Disabled ”.
R. A. 7342- AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Proclamation 1048 (1999) - "Declaring a Nationwide Observance in the Philippines of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999" (FVR)
Proclamation 470 (1994) - Declaring The First Week of October Every Year As Linggo Ng Katandaang Filipino ( ELDERLY FILIPINO WEEK) (FVR)
Proclamation 125 (1993) - Proclaiming The Nationwide Observance In The Philippines Of Asian And Pacific Decade Of Disabled Persons, 1993- 2002 (FVR)
Res. 46/91(1991) - Implementation Of The International Plan Of Action On Ageing And Related Activities
Res. 47/5 (1992) - Proclamation On Ageing
Res. 47/86 ( 1992) - Implementation Of The International Plan Of Action On Ageing Integration Of Older Persons In Development
Res. 49/162 ( 1994) - Integration Of Older Women In Development
Res. 50/141 ( 1995) - International Year Of Older Persons : Towards A Society For All Ages
BP Blg 344- Accessibility Law
Joint Circular No. 2003-1 GAA 2003 - Joint Circular No. 2003-1 -Implementing Guideline for Sec. 29 of the General Appropriation Act for FY 2003 Entitled " SETTING ASIDE 1% OF GOVERNMENT AGENCY BUDGET FOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS RELATED TO SENOR CITIZENS AND THE DISABLED.